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Re: SOT: Taste/Smell Query was: Porcupines; - CLICK HERE for the Cooking Forum Index
Ed Grabau and Pam Jacoby

> Do you know if they taste anything at all like possum? I remember when I
> was quite young my dad having a poker party catered with roast possum and
> sweet potatoes. I didn't like the smell, but it tasted pretty good.
>
> --
> Wayne in Phoenix


Since taste (food wise :-) ) and smell are directly related, why/how can we
enjoy the taste of certain foods that we find aromatically offensive?

Pam


Wayne Boatwright
"Ed Grabau and Pam Jacoby" <pjjehg @frontiernet.net> wrote in
news:gszjd.2754$Eq6.2280@news02.roc.ny:

> Since taste (food wise :-) ) and smell are directly related, why/how can
> we enjoy the taste of certain foods that we find aromatically offensive?
>
> Pam
>


That's a really good question and I'm without an answer. Limburger cheese,
IMHO, is another good example. It's smell, IMHO, is far more offputting than
the taste.

--
Wayne in Phoenix

*If there's a nit to pick, some nitwit will pick it.
*A mind is a terrible thing to lose.
Puester
Ed Grabau and Pam Jacoby wrote:
>
> > Do you know if they taste anything at all like possum? I remember when I
> > was quite young my dad having a poker party catered with roast possum and
> > sweet potatoes. I didn't like the smell, but it tasted pretty good.
> >
> > --
> > Wayne in Phoenix

>
> Since taste (food wise :-) ) and smell are directly related, why/how can we
> enjoy the taste of certain foods that we find aromatically offensive?
>
> Pam




Dunno, but blue cheese is a good example.

gloria p


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